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IRR > European Race Bulletin > Sweden > Policing and criminal justice system

Battle over access to records of asylum-seeker's fingerprints

By Liz Fekete

1 August 1997

The police are unhappy with a decision by the Immigration Office to restrict access to the files of fingerprints taken from asylum-seekers.

While the police argue that the restrictions will make it more difficult to fight crime, the Immigration Office stresses that, in practice, the police will still be able to get all the information they require.

The new immigration law made the fingerprinting of asylum-seekers compulsory. An inquiry has been set up to report on the practical implications of transferring police duties vis-à-vis immigration to the immigration service.

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